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The Pursuit of Justice : The Military Moral Economy in the USA, Australia, and Great Britain - 1861-1945 / Nathan Wise.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789462981065
  • 9789048530632
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 172.42
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment -- 3. The Australian Imperial Force -- 4.The 50th And 51st Divisions Of The British Army -- 5.Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The Pursuit of Justice is the first book to examine three separate instances of soldiers risking their lives during wartime to protest injustices being perpetrated by military authorities: within the United States Army during the American Civil War, the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, and the British Army during World War II. Nathan Wise explores the three events in detail and reveals how-despite the vast differences in military forces, wars, regions of the world, and eras-the soldiers involved all shared a common sense of justice and responded in remarkably similar ways.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment -- 3. The Australian Imperial Force -- 4.The 50th And 51st Divisions Of The British Army -- 5.Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

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The Pursuit of Justice is the first book to examine three separate instances of soldiers risking their lives during wartime to protest injustices being perpetrated by military authorities: within the United States Army during the American Civil War, the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, and the British Army during World War II. Nathan Wise explores the three events in detail and reveals how-despite the vast differences in military forces, wars, regions of the world, and eras-the soldiers involved all shared a common sense of justice and responded in remarkably similar ways.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)